Rod Steiger plays the tattoo-covered title role in this fascinating vision of doom and danger based on the classic short story collection by futurist Ray Bradbury. Robert Drivas portrays a good-natured drifter who can't tear his eyes from Steiger's freakish illustrations. And Claire Bloom is the mysterious seductress who created the "art" that curses its bearer - and comes to life in a nightmarish trio of tales. Two spoiled children turn playtime into slay time (from The Veldt). Shipwrecked astronauts wander across a planet cursed by The Long Rain. And loving parents choose their children's fate when the end nears (from The Last Night of the World). Every one of The Illustrated Man's pictures tells a story. And every story ends in terror.

Rating:

Running Time:

103 minutes

Aspect Ratio:

16 X 9 FULL FRAME|ORIGINAL ASPECT RATIO - 2.40:1

Format:

Made To Order DVD

Audio Format:

MONO

Closed Captioned:

No

Box Type:

Amaray Case

Copyright Info:

(c) Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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An omnibus film, an adaptation of a collection of short stories of Ray Bradbury of the same name is unfortunately too literal and lacks visual imagination to make it truly come alive. Rod Steiger, playing multiple roles including the eponymous "illustrated man," gamely try to hold everything together. Some set pieces, such as the Venusian landscape perpetually drenched in downpour, are interestingly realized, and "The Last Night of the World" does pack some punch in the way a TWILIGHT ZONE episode might work. Jerry Goldsmith's uncommonly lyrical and spare score is a big asset. Should be of interest to the fans of the author, Steiger and moody, '60s-style fantasy films.